The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-05-17

around for the Grand Admiral, but did not
see him. GriSley said he had been down at
the Navy Yard directing the boys how TO
- splice the main brace," and felt somewhat
" fatigued and had gone to the Ducal man
sion for q much-needed rest. BliH and and
Lieutenant Maikaino and Chief-Engineer
McBuster had q splendid time-lots of every
thing, Just what one would look for at an Adj
mirals When the health of the Grand Duke
was proposed Grisley called on Blif to re-
spoud, which the boy did III grand style, do
ing him justice IL every respect, and winding
up by saying he was good deal worse than
those who had so much to say about him.
Bliff sat down amid cheers.
Bliff. and attended Major Heap Savoy
reception on Saturday night at Pow-wow,
near Waikiki, and it was buster" and
no mistake. We found the rooms well filled
with the "magnates of the Kingdom, in
Guiding Foolscap, the Governor, the General
in-Chief, the Hice-Chamberlaln, the Attor-
ney-General, tine Commissioner of Grown
Lands of the Dukedom, the Grand Dukes
Private Secretary, a poet, and other MINOR
lights-au bent on having good time, and
"bracing' the sideboard for all it is worth.
Says Bliff., on looking round: Hullo, Tony,
where's the Grand Duke ~ "Oh, says he,
the Grand Duke is indisposed-had q bad
attack of rheumatic gout-has taken big
dose of Jahn's specific square facel-he'n
be all right in the morning. Well, pretty
soon We all braced the sideboard again, and
the Major favored the maguates with the
tra-la-loo, in good shape, which brought The
house down.
BY this time Tony felt his oats, and began
to be talkative, and relate little anecdotes.
Finally, he struck of on TO new sensation
which had Just turned up-uO less than
sequel to the celebrated Grand Duke of
ynbergdrinkenstein," highly illustrated
"Oh." SAYS IOnJ, - You bet its high knocks
tine wind out Of the first lot-fne portraits of
the Grand Duke, NOsbig, the Conuudrum
and the rest of the bOys-all done up in
good shape. The job, you know was printed
in 'Frisco-got wind of the thing, and when
the box came ashore, l had the Custom
House folks hold on to it until | showed
copy to the Grand Duke. Oh, didn't he howl
and swear when he saw those blasted pic
tures-the Conundrum armed with big gin
bottles, and NOsbig represented as big
yellow dog following the Grand Duke-and
he said that q man who would allow such
an ugly-looking brute to follow him ought
to be shot, and the dog too. He ordered
me to confscate the whole lot of these incen-
diary pamphlets and make an example OF the
duffer who wrote it. mildly limited that
there was a great deal of truth In the pamph-
let, which fitted like the paper on the wall
not care, he was boss here, and none of the
small fry were going to play high jlnks on
him If he knew himself, besides he had the
Constitution on his side and right would win
every time. He had been too forbearing in
the past now he would put the screws on
and let them know that their Grand Duke
still reigued and was not going to be coughed
down by every upstart in the Dukedom. Oh,
no p Tony ratified on, saying " The owner
OF this trash actually had the frozen cheek to
60 into Court and try to get possession, and,
would you believe It, the judge Just mildly
said the pamphlets must be handed over to
the oTner-sfter I had made a lengthy
speech impIoring the Court to aid the Grand
Duke IN maintaining the present high-toned
standard of morality now existing in the
Dukedom. Oh, it was rough"
At this stage Tony seemed exhausted and
showed signs of an attack of rheumatic govt,
but Heep Savoy, with his practiced eye, saw
what was coming and administered dose
out of square bottle which averted the
threatened attack, and Tony was himself
again We all laughed till the tears ran
down our faces, and after listening to q
fathom OF impromptu doggerel from the poet
dedicated to the Grand Duke, the boys ad-
iourned to the sideboard for another snifter
from the small stores.
II being well on towards the shank of the
evening the magnates and the boys began to
think OF going home. After "night-cap,
made light" Tony and the magnaIes, the
poet and the lesser lights we're helped into
their ambulance and a start made for home.
l tell you when We all got started We ''whOOped
her up" and made things lively on the road
into town. On nearing King street We acct
dentally attracted the attention Of ons of
the mounted police, Who sWooped down ON
Us like hawk on June bug, and ordered
the party to kuIikuH. Oh, you ought to have
seen that policeman when he found out the
big game he had come upOn-a live Attorney
General He was taken all aback- and did
not know what 10 DO. Finally, EOolscap
said the policeman could not arrest him, he
was above the Law, and II he did he would
have his scalp Tony then peremptOrily
ordered the man to take the lot to the sta
ton house, which he did in good shape, after
standing a great deal Of abuse from the
Attorney General. Al this point, as things
were getting s0neThat complicated, BIi7.
aud l quietly slid cut Of the ambulance. the
others being so OblI7io1s re were not missed,
and soon made our way into town By the
short cGt. We we're On hand again when the
ambulance drove up TO the Government
Hotel on Merchant street, and found cur old
friend Hopkins n charge, keau being indis-
posed Hopkins, when he laid eyes on Ill
the Officials Who lad been ''scooued p inst
WIlteds and finally asked the policeman II he
was sure lie mad not Captured the Grand
Duke as well. fine policeman Was sure he
had not; had seen the Grand Duke at his
kshsle, With his head bsndzged, feeling bad.
EOolscap insisted On being locked up, while
Hopkins said ne you'd Just ~ soon think Of
locking up the Grand DIXIE a. FooIseap.
both were above the Law, and could do no
wrong Finally, Hopkins telephoued all
over and VOID came back 70 send the 3sbOy'7
home on a stretcher, and be careful that no
harm came 70 him. The balzrce Of the
lesser lights we're ordered to dast, which they
did II short metre. The policeman vas Sc